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Environmental Ecological Remediation and Farming Sustainability—3rd Edition

edited by

Haoming Chen

and

Da Tian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5036 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination groundwater contamination; green and sustainable remediation; environment pollution control; heavy metals; organic pollutants; emerging contaminants; biochar; remediation of cultivated land pollution; crop growth safety; p comprehensive utilization; reuse of agricultural waste; sustainable agricultural development; ecological and landscape planning; human settlements

Agrotechnics in Seed Quality: Current Progress and Challenges

edited by

Clíssia Barboza Mastrangelo

and

Edvaldo Aparecido Amaral Da Silva

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2532 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral imaging; spectroscopy; fluorescence; radiography; hyperspectral image; tomography; magnetic resonance; machine learning; seed vigor; fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Crop Biology and Breeding Under Environmental Stress—2nd Edition

edited by

Eleni Tani

and

Eleni Abraham

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1546 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop resilience; plant breeding; sustainability; resistance mechanisms; plant stressors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Soil Microbiomes and Their Roles in Soil Health and Fertility

edited by José Manuel Meriles

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiology; plant– soil interactions; soil microbiome; sustainability; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Sustainable Water-Fertilizer Management for Soil Salinization Amendment and Crop Production in Salt-Affected Agroecosystems

edited by

Rongjiang Yao

and

Xiaobing Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19156 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinization; water; nitrogen; irrigation and drainage; water use efficiency; model; leaching efficiency; soil carbon sequestration; salt-affected soils

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience)

Research Progress on Pathogenicity of Fungi in Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Yunpeng Gai

and

Hong-Kai Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 18298 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenic fungi; identification; phylogenicity; molecular mechanism; pathogenic-related gene; fungi– host interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture: Serving for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Halyna Kominko

and Grzegorz Izydorczyk

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11272 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic matter recycling; sustainable agriculture; manure; sewage sludge; food waste; composting; waste valorization; fertilizers; potentially toxic elements; soil

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Soil Evolution, Management, and Sustainable Utilization

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10138 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil evolution; soil management; sustainable utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Exploring Mechanisms and Technologies for Enhancing Nitrogen Efficiency in Maize Production

edited by

Zheng Liu

and Guohua Mi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7129 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; nitrogen uptake; nitrogen utilization; nitrogen use efficiency; nitrogen fate; crop– soil system; crop management; crop model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Integrated Water, Nutrient, and Pesticide Management of Fruit Crop

edited by

Davie M. Kadyampakeni

Alisheikh A. Atta

and

Said Hamido

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6097 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition; crop water requirement; plant physiology; nutrient and water dynamics; plant and root growth; fruit and postharvest quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Advances in Precision Pesticide Spraying Technology and Equipment

edited by Longlong Li and Chenhui Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5881 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; pesticide spraying; remote sensing; UAV; spray deposition; spray drift; variable-rate spraying; spray robot; deposits behavior; spray adjuvant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

In-Field Detection and Monitoring Technology in Precision Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Xi Qiao

Shuo Zhang

and

Cong Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5504 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agriculture; image processing; spectral analysis; quantitative inversion; prediction; early warning; machine learning; feature fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Revolutionizing Crop Management: Integrating UAV Technology for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Biquan Zhao

and

Cengiz Koparan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5474 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; precision farming; site-specific management; UAV image processing; robotic and sensor technology; crop modeling; drone applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Smart Pest Control for Building Farm Resilience

edited by

Jiaxing Xie

and Daozong Sun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5410 | Submission Open

Keywords: pest management; environmental sustainability; pest resistance; smart pest control; deep learning; large language models; intelligent pest monitoring systems; sustainable farming; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Enhancing Crop Production: Unveiling the Vital Role of Plant Roots and Their Dynamic Interplay with Soil and the Environment

edited by

Márcia Carvalho

and Valdemar Pedrosa Carnide

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4898 | Submission Open

Keywords: root system architecture; sustainable agriculture; root– soil– microbiome; soil health; environmental impact; roots diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Resistance-Related Gene Mining and Genetic Improvement in Crops

edited by

Panfeng Yao

and

Chen Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4180 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; plant science; staple crops; abiotic stress; plant breeding; genetic improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Vegetable Adaptation and Mitigation of Abiotic Stress

edited by

Changxia Li

and Yang-Dong Guo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3907 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant hormone; quality; growth and development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Adaptation Strategies Under Climate Change in Mediterranean Agriculture

edited by António Canatário-Duarte and

José Manuel Monteiro Gonçalves

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: mediterranean agriculture; climate change; crop adaption strategies; water scarcity; increase soil conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Fruits

edited by

Avtar K. Handa

Martín-Ernesto Tiznado-Hernández

and

Guillermo Berumen-Varela

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; enzyme activity; fruit quality; functional genomics; genome editing; molecular mechanisms; omics; stress tolerance; transgenics; transcriptomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Artificial Intelligence as a Support for Forecasting in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Gniewko Niedbała

and

Magdalena Piekutowska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2047 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; yield forecasting; artificial intelligence; sustainable agriculture; resource management; crop quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Germplasm Conservation and Genetic Improvement in Tropical and Subtropical Crops

edited by

Xing Huang

and Qibin Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1786 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical and subtropical crops; germplasm; genetic improvement; biotechnology; omics technology; adaptive traits; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Genetic Basis of Crop Selection and Evolution

edited by

Moyang Liu

Shiling Feng

and

Hui Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1709 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop selection; evolution; genetic basis; adaptability; variety improvement; stress resistance; environmental interaction; genomics; epigenetics; germplasm resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Role of RNA and ssDNA Viruses in Plant–Virus/Viroid Interactions

edited by Ana Grande-Perez, Luis Díaz-Martinez and

Enrique Viguera

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1621 | Submission Open

Keywords: RNA; ssDNA; plant– virus interactions; virus/viroid evolution; host– pathogen interactions; plant defense response; sequence analysis/bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Ecological Aspects as a Basis for Future Pest Integrated Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia

and

Sérgio M. Ovruski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– insect interaction; population dynamics; diversity; host range; natural enemies; trophic relationships; competition; epidemiology; phytosociology; absent quarantine pests; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Effect of Cultivation Techniques on Fruit Quality and Nutritional Value—3rd Edition

edited by

Luis Noguera-Artiaga

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 948 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic factors; agricultural practices; antioxidants; biofunctional compounds; food quality; irrigation; mineral content; polyphenols; preharvest treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Microbial Interactions and Functions in Agricultural Ecosystems

edited by Tanvi Govil,

Daniel Owens

and Heidi Sieverding

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; rhizosphere; root exudates; plant– microbe interactions; soil health; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Plant–Microbiota Interactions Under Abiotic Stress

edited by

Loredana Scalschi

Ana Isabel González-Hernández

and

Eugenio Llorens

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; beneficial microorganisms; climate change; plant– microbe interaction; sustainable agriculture; food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Role of Mineral Nutrition in Alleviation of Abiotic Stress in Crops

edited by

Peng Chen

Gang Li

and

Dong-Xing Guan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 659 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral nutrition; abiotic stress; drought stress; heavy metal; salinity stress; physiology and molecular mechanism; nutrient management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Research on Synergistic Regulation of Plant Growth by Plant Hormones and Nutrients

edited by

Alfonso Albacete

and

Mengmeng Hou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 589 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant hormone; nitrogen; phosphorus; regulatory mechanisms; interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry)

Bioremediation of Agricultural Contaminants: Strategies and Successes

edited by

Magdalena Dębicka

and Xiaoyan Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation techniques; soil quality improvement; contaminant stability; immobili-sation; metabolisation; inactivation; detoxification; contaminant reduction; microbial activity; enzymatic activity; biostimulation; hyperaccumulation; phytoremediation; mycoremediation; pesticides; heavy metals; fertiliser over-use; nitrogen leaching; phosphorus leaching; organic contaminants; organic waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Strategies and Methods for Analyzing Multivariate-Multidimensional Data Resulted from Agricultural Research

edited by

George Menexes

Thomas Koutsos

and

Angelos Markos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: multivariate and multidimensional data analysis; big data; design of experiments

Integrated Management of Maize–Legume Cropping Systems

edited by

Jacques Fils Pierre

and

Upendra Singh

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize– soybean rotation; soil health; nitrogen use efficiency (NUE); conservation crop rotation; crop models; soil nitrogen dynamics; sustainable agriculture; maize– legume intercropping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Cropping Systems)

Soil Health to Human Health

edited by

Saurav Das

Dinesh Panday

and Gladis Zinati

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; crop nutrient density; organic farming; ecosystem services; human nutrition; human health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Past, Present and Future Trends in the Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Agricultural Environments

edited by

Monika Mierzwa-Hersztek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic and inorganic pollutants; organic matter in contaminated soils; nutrients; soil improvers; remediation techniques; ecological risk assessment; microorganisms; enzymatic activity; soil pollution; contaminant removal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Agronomic Measures to Control Adverse Environmental Effects in the Agricultural System

edited by

Xiangyang Fan

and

Erping Cui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic measures; water management; adverse environmental effects; regulation mechanism; soil– plant system; fertilization management; leaf surface regulation; soil amendments; crop managements; tillage management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Advances in Regulatory Mechanism of Flower Color and Odor in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Jianwen Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: flower color; flower scent; horticultural crops; regulatory mechanism; secondary metabolite; pigments; volatile organic compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Advances in Plant Pathology of Viticulture—2nd Edition

edited by

María Luisa Tello

and

Maria Aránzazu Gómez Garay

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; IPM; physiopathology; epidemiology; etiology; grapevine; biotechnology; genetics; early detection; emerging diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Scavenging and Utilisation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Karol Skrobacz

and

Maciej Balawejder

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: reactive oxygen species; ROS; ozone; hydrogen peroxide; oxygen radicals; sustainable horticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Advancement in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Automation and Crop Management

edited by Peter P. Ling,

Milon Chowdhury

and

Teng Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16213 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced environmental control techniques; canopy architecture optimization; root zone management; energy use efficiency; AI-based plant health and growth prediction; decision support systems; climate-smart advanced technology; sustainability of CEA production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)

Fertigation Effects on Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency for Agro-Crop Plants

edited by Lichun Wang and

Songrui Ning

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11735 | Submission Open

Keywords: fertigation; water and nutrient use efficiency; fertilizer-yield effect; irrigation systems; water– salt– fertilizer– carbon coupling; crop nutrition; soilless culture; nutrient delivery; soil fertility; controlled release fertilizers; precision farming; agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Sustainable Crop Production for Mitigating Environmental Impact and Increasing Yield

edited by

Ziyin Shang

, Liujun Xiao and

Shunhua Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5281 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice; maize; wheat; greenhouse gas; methane; nitrous oxide; ammonia; carbon; nitrogen; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Agricultural Environment and Intelligent Plant Protection Equipment—2nd Edition

edited by

Xiongkui He

Baijing Qiu

and

Fuzeng Yang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9966 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural environment; pollution; green plant protection; intelligent plant protection equipment; agricultural robot

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Evaluation of Germplasm Resources, Molecular Breeding, and Utilization in Soybean

edited by

Yingpeng Han

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5357 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; germplasm evaluation; molecular breeding; beneficial allelic variation; molecular marker; gene function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Conventional and Alternative Fertilization of Crops

edited by

Anita Zapałowska

and

Wacław Jarecki

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3973 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; integrated nutrient management; soil health; crop productivity; precision agriculture; fertilizer optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)

Ecophysiology and Management of Grapevines Under Changing Climatic Conditions—2nd Edition

edited by

Vinay Pagay

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1293 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; plasticity; adaptation; abiotic stress; biotic stress; priming ecophysiology; yield; quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Cereal–Legume Cropping Systems

edited by

Katarzyna Pużyńska

Wacław Jarecki

and

Danijel Jug

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 712 | Submission Open

Keywords: legumes; cereals; mixed stands; intercropping; cropping systems; climate change; sustainable crop production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Farming Sustainability)

Precision Operation Technology and Intelligent Equipment in Farmland—3rd Edition

edited by

Jun Ni

, Lei Feng and

Lvhua Han

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision operation; agricultural sensor; agricultural machinery; field robots; machine– soil– crop interaction; interaction mechanism; intelligent control; unmanned and automatic operations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)

Crop Speed Breeding: The Contribution Efficiency of Environmental Factors

edited by

Zhonghua Bian

Kai Cao

and

Agnieszka Ostrowska

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: speed breeding; crop Response; gene expression; light; temperature; nutrition; CO2; abiotic stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)

Advances in Environmental Stress Biology: From Omics Approaches—2nd Edition

edited by

Longxing Hu

and

Liang Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; genomics; gene family; herbal plants; ionics; metabolomics; stress biology; transcriptomics

Sustainable Cropping Systems and Biomasses for Energy and Biorefinery Applications

edited by

Nicolai David Jablonowski

Moritz von Cossel

and

Yasir Iqbal

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32968 | Submission Open

Keywords: residues-/waste-/recycling-derived fertilizers; soil improvement; soil conditioners (e.g. biochars; algae biomass; other organic residues); waste stream-based; multi-product and/or decentralized and/or modular bio-refinery concepts; alternative crops and agronomic approaches; biodiversity and ecologically robust agronomic practices; nutrient recycling and alternative fertilizers; marginal soils; soil amelioration; biogenic fuels and biogas; biogenic residues; biogenic products and platform chemicals; thermochemical conversion of biomass; biomass to liquid (BtL) and bio based polymers; bio-oils production via Fischer– Tropsch synthesis

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